The “shims” are used to fill the holes in the railroad ties made by the spikes. Sometimes the spikes get loose and the fix is to pull out the loose spike, pound a wooden shim/plug in the hole, and then pound the spike back in.
@jimmatthews5993
Жыл бұрын
0:51
@unclejohnbulleit2671
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! I've got a bunch of these salvaged from beneath the local baggage station. I knew they were something, just had no idea what until now.
@boydwhite3708
Жыл бұрын
Hmm, I was thinking that was an old wooden barrel that had collapsed in on itself.
@tinsoldier5621
Жыл бұрын
Is it dangerous for the trains for the spikes to be migrating up and out like he showed?
@stevetk8174
Жыл бұрын
@@tinsoldier5621 the simple answer is no.
@jackchivvis4188
2 жыл бұрын
Here's a tip from someone who lived in Vegas for many years and did and still do lots of desert hiking- ditch the black clothing, white cotton shirt that can be dunked in water for evaporate cooling, wet bandana rolled up and around the neck.light or white canvas hat also, tan cotton baggy shorts, you will be WAY cooler. Also do some research on how tin cans were made and you will be able to date them.
@steves7896
2 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I went to a thrift store and bought a whole bunch of long sleeved, white, buttoned down dress shirts for this specific purpose. I intentionally bought them two sizes too large. They look a little odd but the air flows through them real nice and the white color does the most to keep the sun and the heat off my skin.
@RemoteTrooper
2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the advice 👍
@michaelphelan106
Жыл бұрын
When you see all the Buckaroo cowboys wearing white shirts there are two reasons: 1. There were a lot of white shirts available in the thrift stores because of “stained” shirts that were no longer usable by casino workers and 2: the reason mentioned above about cooling.
@jadehunter7617
Жыл бұрын
Also High leather boots that snakes cannot strike through very important.
@healdiseasenow
Жыл бұрын
Rules to live by! LITERALLY! AN AMBULANCE IS NOT GOING TO STOP OUT THERE AND GIVE YOU AN IV LIKE IN THE CITY
@gonagain
2 жыл бұрын
The post with the plastic container is probably a mining claim.
@dawnr9158
2 жыл бұрын
The turtle was an exciting find! This whole place is a giant time capsule. So cool.
@MrOlgrumpy
Жыл бұрын
Ah,the turtle tortoise likes to hide in the shade undisturbed
@mrkroeger
Жыл бұрын
It's a tortoise, not a turtle. That was a good find
@lizzygraham748
Жыл бұрын
@@mrkroeger The desert tortoise is a protected species. Best to just them then alone.
@mrkroeger
Жыл бұрын
@@lizzygraham748 for sure. We use to see them out between Victorville and Barstow
@lizzygraham748
Жыл бұрын
@@mrkroeger Tortoises are in Red Rock Canyon west of Vegas--and out at Yucca Mountain.
@triumphriderinblack7406
Жыл бұрын
Love your chilled approach, makes for really pleasant viewing. The desert there reminds me of a vast area of shingle and hard packed tracks called the 'Crumbles' we used to explore in the summer holidays as kids. It was on the edge of my home town of Eastbourne here in the UK. It had been used as a musket/rifle range since about 1750 or so, right through to after WW2, so you can imagine the excitement of us kids picking up old shell casings, bullets, parts of old ammo boxes, and the occasional mortar fin, plus exploring the pill boxes etc. It was also a great area for wild plants like Sea Kale. The area you're in looks very similar, so it's taken me right back to my childhood; many thanks for that. PS, unfortunately the Crumbles disappeared under an ugly modern harbour development many years ago.
@wildatheart3182
2 жыл бұрын
Very Cool. Both grandpas were UP. One Engineer and one Brakeman. The old yard is gone but not forgotten 🥹. Love all things Trains!!!
@Acein3055
Жыл бұрын
You are a good person for not disturbing the wild animals such as that tortoise.
@carlachambers3771
Ай бұрын
He or she might be 15 years old.
@henryknox4511
2 жыл бұрын
One if the best things about Vegas is once you hit the edge of town you can be in no mans land within a few minutes and out of the cesspool. You should check out Oak creek and Cold creek as possible hikes west and north of town. They were great 20~ years ago.
@wesley5238
Жыл бұрын
The cans you picked up at the beginning were for water. That is the way the rail co supplied them to their workers. My daddy threw a paper to some engineers that came through Tennessee around 1948. They would throw the money back to him in one of these cans as they went through town...
@scottdunkirk8198
Жыл бұрын
I lay money those cans were beer cans
@gersonhay984
Ай бұрын
@@scottdunkirk8198 Yes they are. Before pop tops.
@heyoldman2003
2 жыл бұрын
thank you again for taking us along . i love the desert and hope to spend this winter down there. no more North west winters for me 🙏🏼
@dr.jamesolack8504
2 жыл бұрын
Have seen all your vids. Your laid back delivery is perfect for the content. You got a good thing going here. Best of luck in your future upload endeavors. From Jim in Columbia, MO.🤙
@RemoteTrooper
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that 🤙
@gyvren
Жыл бұрын
“Things don’t really rust out here in the desert…” [holds up rusty can] 🤣
@atomictraveller
Жыл бұрын
..which would have ceased to exist eighty years ago had it been elsewhere ;)
@brianehni5918
Жыл бұрын
That valley is called a “cut”. The removed material was used in low areas to level them out, which are called “fills”.
@OdySlim
2 жыл бұрын
Its a great day to find a Desert Tortoise. The placstic bottle attached to the stake reminded me of a mining claim. I also liked the huge rocks. Thanks for the awesome video & Regards from Ody Slim
@dougtodd305
2 жыл бұрын
I agree they used to use Prince Albert cans so its probably a little newer
@notme7770
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree, the bottles on the stakes are mining claims. There is supposed to be one on every corner of a claim, the bottles would contain the claim papers.. Nice vid! Can't wait for summer!
@Biden_Cult_Morons
2 жыл бұрын
Who ever thought desert wandering could be so riveting. Cool channel, love it 👍🏻
@GuapoJhimi
Жыл бұрын
Hey, hey. They were most likely built by space astro-beavers. I’ve never seen anything like that before. A drainage tunnel under a roadway ? Crazy man. So bizarre.
@miketalas7998
Жыл бұрын
Thats kind of funny how everyone jumps right to the word (Turtle), instead of tortoise. In 1968, we moved out of our Apt, to a little yellow house in Carson City NV, we found a rather large tortoise living in the yard already. It was kind of a pet for awhile, but one day we came home, and it had grown tired of our company and burrowed out under the fence to head out to Nevada's outback! It's Prolly still alive to this day! 😃
@calatv14
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, this is literally my favorite channel on KZitem. I’m from the desert but live in the PNW now. Just a little placebo for desert as I sit here in the rain. Keep exploring!
@RemoteTrooper
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro, I appreciate that! Say hi to the grass and trees for me 😄
@joyfulpowermusiclove
Жыл бұрын
Same here! I really miss the blue skies and warmth of the desert as I sit here in the rain!! Lol
@StacySalmans
2 жыл бұрын
Cool finds. The desert definitely holds good treasures. Awesome sighting of the desert tortoise.
@russellwiitala9733
Жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued by the Dolman. I would check for astrological alignments on that one. Also, might be located and in line with a ley line. A few weeks ago, I found a cairn of three stones, and I added a stone. The other day I returned to that area and not far from it was a huge structure. I estimate one stone weighed over 100 pounds. I believe both were built by my very large forest friend, I call Mr. Ed. Yes, I'm talking sasquatch and when I saw that dolman that was my first thought. But they aren't known to hang out in the middle of deserts.
@SideWalkBoy_Aus
2 жыл бұрын
The cans you collected with the 2 punts in the top I think their from the 1950s - 1960s soda/beer
@GuapoJhimi
Жыл бұрын
Lmao. Yeah. Some ancient shit there.
@MagravatorMag
Жыл бұрын
You should go up to Pyramid Lake on the eastern edge of the Black Rock Desert. If you go to the east side of the lake, you'll find the "pyramid" island and tons of cool rock formations. At the north end of the lake, you'll find The PInnacles which is basically a moonscape. Very interesting and freaky lake.
@mikekennedy4572
Жыл бұрын
I have come across a few of those wood or steel stakes with a container attached to them, north of Barstow, but glass preserve jars with a metal screw-on top were used. These are mining claims. A couple of them ones I found still had a folded piece of paper in them with writing and a date over 100 years ago. I left them alone as I figured the paper would crumble if I touched it. But I was amazed the paper was still intact after thousands of days and nights in the desert, and was put there long before I was ever born.
@RIXRADvidz
Жыл бұрын
the PBR can is at least vintage late 60's early 70's, it was in the 1970's that pull tabs from cans were seen as a major contributor to the pollution problem of the day, so Industry developed the pop tabs you have on cans now, that's also when aluminum took over as the beverage container choice over steel.
@haroldbowers4900
2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy watching your Channel. You should look for Date Nails. They are in the cross ties. The shape of the nail head and a number on the head tell what rail line installed the track and date. They are also collected.
@wondergranny2299
Жыл бұрын
I've always liked lookin in old places. Some of that old iron stuff like the railroad spikes and the spring you found would be interesting to take home and make some kind of metal art with.
@aaronfromwesternmass4293
Жыл бұрын
"Things dont really rust out here in the desert" proceeds to pick up a bunch of rusted metal objects.
@christiandoeman4599
Жыл бұрын
That Turtle was awesome.. and im quite sure big foot stacked those large rocks like that😝 ..great video thanks for sharing
@Don-gt3lp
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Navada Miss the dessert. . Thanks for the winking turtle and the hike.
@toddglover1121
4 ай бұрын
There’s a lot of history and mystery in them there hills.the comment you made about the tortoise peeing and dehydrating though! I’m 60yrs old and I have never heard of that before.thank you for sharing.✌️
@stevetk8174
Жыл бұрын
0:36 rail anchors. 0:57 wood plugs so they can replug used railroad ties before driving in spikes.
@cwf081166
Жыл бұрын
I'm grateful you knew about the desert tortoise. One person on KZitem said exactly what you said and still went picking at the tortoise with their hands and fingers.
@RagtimeAnnie
Жыл бұрын
Boy ... Every time you just stuck you hand into a bush or a rock to pull out a can or something I would almost jump out of my skin - expecting a snake ...
@saltykat3533
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Vegas for many years. The desert has the most unique beauty. I just love it. It's gorgeous!!!
@mikeb.6735
Жыл бұрын
I have to give you props for your background music. Many good videos are ruined by loud music. Especially when it's loud rap music. Most of us want to hear what the narration is, not some beat of music that drowns out what's being said. Also, I find that the music you chose is perfect for something like this video. The old-time bluesy music with harmonica is outstanding at the volume you have it set to. Everything is amazing in your video. But it struck me how important it is to keep the volume levels adjusted to provide a good ambient background that sets the mood and being able to hear all you have to say. Great job. AND... Kudos on the exploration of the deserts. I enjoy that myself and admire someone that takes their time and checks out anything that gets their attention. "If I had a nickel for every mile of desert I've explored in my life..."
@coodaytah6312
Жыл бұрын
Love a creator that doesn't beg for likes n subs 👍🏼
@mitchellculberson9336
Жыл бұрын
Those cans are ancient beer cans before the pull tabs were used.
@bobbylee2853
Жыл бұрын
Good old Schlitz!
@mitchellculberson9336
Жыл бұрын
@@bobbylee2853 I think so.
@Maaaatttttt
Жыл бұрын
Did they only serve beer in cans like that. Nothing else?
@gregdiamond6023
2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! They’re always interesting and the stuff you Finn’s is really cool, even if it’s just an old can.
@eaglesdefense812
Жыл бұрын
I found empty gunpowder kegs, California and Oriental Powder Works Co. late 1865-1904, in an abandoned mineshaft. It's how I became a collector.
@FullMetalNobody
Жыл бұрын
The stakes with a little bottle and tag. Kinda look like old claim stakes. Interesting. I always leave wandering areas with a bag of trash. OCD & hate for litter gets me every time.
@timmorin2304
Жыл бұрын
I recently relocated to Dayton Nevada and I'm looking forward to exploring. I love the desert it's so quiet and peaceful.
@shanedog9082
Жыл бұрын
Pretty good live zoom action shots bro, enjoy the explorations!
@blessedhighlyfavored701
Жыл бұрын
Very cool, in my younger days, I would drive thru the desert and check stuff out, it was alot of fun.
@johnbradley6812
Жыл бұрын
That turtle's a tortoise
@apocyldoomer
Жыл бұрын
One more thing, I’ve seen a Road Runner twice, so hard to spot them but I got lucky, those gnarly Giant Grasshoppers \Locusts, they freaked me out, and the Stars @ night, just amazing, no light pollution, and that smell from the brush, I forget what they are called. Happy Trails.
@EarthGeographicalRecon
4 ай бұрын
6:08 Polaris is always watching
@BD-sq6bs
Жыл бұрын
howdy, I like walking around in the desert too! Wow I have never ran across a desert tortoise kik'n it, how cool is that! neat part of the Nevada desert. I live in northern Nevada, cool places here to, but northern Arizona , southern Nevada is some good waliking. All the best, Mark
@wondergranny2299
Жыл бұрын
That tunnel under the railroad is for monsunal rains to pass through it won't wash out the railroad tracks.
@Dream.big.dreams
Жыл бұрын
The railroad spike that stands up should get hammered down!
@joewenzel5142
2 жыл бұрын
Nice little desert tortoise. Good eye.
@dietergoldschmitt9651
Жыл бұрын
Cool explore. The Pabst looks like it should be from late 1960's through the 70's The cans back then had that particular pull tab on them.
@truthseeker1587
Жыл бұрын
Nice video and great comments. Just to add my two cents; I believe the railroad owns the land extending 100 feet from the tracks on both sides, so you are on private property near the line. The reason for all of the trash is because the railroad simply discards any unused "stuff" along their right of way. (It becomes a 1000-mile trash pile). The item you picked up a 9:15 are the anodes that were suspended in a jar full of electrolytic solution. The jars were hung on poles at regular intervals to boost the charge in the signal line. It probably came from the pole you shot in 9:11. The Thomas Edison company made thousands of them. In the last 15 years they have been taking down all of the signal lines. They now send all of the signals through the rails themselves. If you are ever stranded and are in serious trouble, just lay a conductive item across both rails and someone will show up to check on it.
@Quantrills.Raiders
Жыл бұрын
i miss exploring the desert, cool stuff everywhere
@melvinjesustorres8795
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the journy to adventure
@raydawn675
Жыл бұрын
It hasn't been that long that you still need to use a can opener on some things. Hershey syrup came in a can that you had to do that with. And you still have to do it if you're using evaporated or condensed milk
@wondergranny2299
Жыл бұрын
Famous last words they put on his tombstone: "They're more afraid of you..."
@raymilles
Жыл бұрын
Nice you found a corner post to a mine now all you need to do is find the monument marker to find the center of the prospect or mine.
@noel3422
Жыл бұрын
The tunnels (culverts) if located in a flood wash are obviously for flood water to pass through, but, I am sure the endangered tortoise used flood washes as roadways through the desert, so there may not be to many culverts designed for the tortoise alone.
@Cindy-lr6su
10 ай бұрын
Love the music ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ it makes the desert more appealing
@ellymae8482
Жыл бұрын
Desert tortoises are protected due to them being an endangered species. Cool content dude. I was born in and raised in Vegas, you are just barely hitting the tip of the iceberg on your adventures outside of the city. Have u tried the lava beds yet?
@TheChefmike66
Жыл бұрын
I'm subscribing because of how you treated that awesome tortoise.
@zerotolerance4u
Жыл бұрын
FWIW snakes don't have ears and can't hear. They do sense vibrations in the ground through their bellies, and are probably pretty good at it, but if you want them to "hear" you coming you need to thump the ground pretty good. A walking stick might be good for that as well as for poking into places you can't see before stepping over them.
@animallover4ever229
Жыл бұрын
Glad I stumbled apon your video, I would love to do this! In a few years when I retire I am going south in the winter months & plan to do this!!
@lasvegasloner4621
Жыл бұрын
I just found you and subscribed-- great video and man am I jealous. I have been doing basically what you do for about 10 or more years here but am such a luddite that I never tried to make my own channel about my finds. That and I'm older- 54 - and was raised in sort of a "don't bother people" sort of environment so I naturally talk myself out of thinking anyone would want to listen to me or see what I see. I have a '99 Trooper that needs some work but is still going. So, I may be pestering you for advice. I noticed it's hit or miss with parts since about 2012 when I bought it, and it's getting more difficult. I think if just get over my loner mentality (naturally drift away from people unfortunately), I can take advantage of all the info from more experienced Trooper owners. You'd think maybe after eleven years I'd know her well, but I've been in a condo/money pit for many years and never got to work on it myself. So... I'm at the mercy. Right now I need a rear differential yoke because mine lets some fluid leak a bit now and then. Only junk yards have them and I don't have the tools. Anyway- very cool work sir, and hopefully I'll see you out there.
@carolnolan9439
Жыл бұрын
Cool Tortoise. So Happy to see it in wild. Looked pretty healthy. I have two
@willreasoner4384
Жыл бұрын
The little bundle of wood.... are plugs for when they pull spikes... They pull the spikes... shove the long piece into the hole .... and break it off... and go to the next hole. They only plug the holes if they are going to put another spike there.
@vanmonroe4346
Жыл бұрын
"Things don't really rust out here in the desert." Picks up can 100% covered with rust.
@cowboygeologist7772
Жыл бұрын
Fun adventure; thanks for posting.
@valeriefaabergpitel7356
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking me on your adventure while I was enjoying my bubble bath! I enjoyed both immensely! And I am now a new subscriber to your channel. See you later! 🛁
@no1toolmkr
Жыл бұрын
that was a twist detonator that you couldn't identify
@pattyandbustershow1031
Жыл бұрын
. Oh! Very nicely done. Old lady, originally from California. As a kid I walked a lot of culverts, brought home lots of blue bellies. The racers were too fast and alligator lizards ( not lizards, not alligator) were in my basement and bit the shite out of me.
@crowman5936
Жыл бұрын
Those plates were the remains of a lead acid battery like used in a car.
@jimmyhawk3270
Жыл бұрын
I believe those "valleys", blasted out of the higher bedrock, are called "cuts".
@connieward2042
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a movie set, maybe the Flintstones
@macbeavers6938
Жыл бұрын
"Things don't rust in the desert", picks up rusted tin can.
@scottthomas7147
Жыл бұрын
Wow, you found some cans, spikes, a live turtle and rocks! Send me the coordinates! Impressive!
@alansherby4046
Жыл бұрын
How cool was it to see a tortoise👍
@philipcallicoat3147
9 ай бұрын
I remember when I was living in the Nye County area long ago.... You have to watch where you walk out in the old mining areas... Lots of deep shafts with no warning signs are scattered around.. Some of them can be several hundred feet deep...(personal experience).... Walking around the desert after dark is not a good idea....
@laurawofford-brown4351
Жыл бұрын
God bless. Thanks for sharing.
@kevinrice7635
Жыл бұрын
Boss Turtle🐢 worth the entire vid kid perciate it stay healthy safe travels God's grace to you.
@righty-o3585
Жыл бұрын
That looked exactly like the Mojave Desert, just without the Joshua Trees 🤘
@crippleguy415
9 ай бұрын
I've searched that very same area many times . Way cool 👍🏻❤
@andydroid9782
Жыл бұрын
The rock art you found 8 minutes into it looks like it used be a bug. Maybe a roach. Looks like legs when you got on the far side.
@apryason
Жыл бұрын
This is a favorite thing to do in Nevada.
@nobodyshere7398
Жыл бұрын
4:08 a stacked mining clam. The bottle is where the would put a copy of the clam.
@williamevans6522
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the rock markers/ circles etc., are corner markers for mining claims- old or current?
@eprofengr6670
Жыл бұрын
Interesting views and finds in the Nevada desert. Thanks for sharing. Can you tell us what camera and zoom lens you were using? Nice quality zoom shots.
@marceyvogt2007
2 жыл бұрын
Nice walk. It's interesting to see how different cans were opened. Many of today's were "church key" can openers. I did see one pull tab which I think was 70s. Anyway, I enjoyed seeing the desert tortoise. Thank you.
@miklil01
Жыл бұрын
The video quality is Very Good! Narrator needs better specs on Nevada RR's, tin cans, blasting powder....but Primo job on this production!.......Keep up the good work.....Bravo!!!
@stevenfan1218
Жыл бұрын
Those go in the holes were the spikes are.if the spikes are loose you pull them out and pound in a wooden spikes then you can put the steel spikes in and pound them down and the wood will tighten them up.
@dkhnova
Жыл бұрын
2:37 ... actually, he's warming. If he wanted to chill he'd be in the shade.
@chrisackerley1842
Жыл бұрын
Thar desert tortoise is very cool. My favorite desert animal.
@sailingaeolus
Жыл бұрын
That "valley that was blown out with explosives" is called a "cut" or "cut out".
@mach1gtx150
Жыл бұрын
Great channel, you got me!
@desert-walker
Жыл бұрын
Cool video I’ve been in that area. now I just hang around Tucson.
@tedrowland8672
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful things in the Nebraska PLAINS
@rumpolstilscin
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating formations.
@skepticalmom2948
Жыл бұрын
Those rocks look like lava tubes.
@kimmathis694
Жыл бұрын
Interesting that there’s more than meets the eye way out there
@GilZu
2 жыл бұрын
Great content
@mitchmiller7204
Жыл бұрын
Another desert survival idea. A mylar blanket. They are normally used to maintain body heat, but when reversed, they reflect heat outward.
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